Test PB Collection: FTE

Lomandra longifolia 'LM300' Breeze on 20% of ETo in September 2018. Photo: SK Reid. After previously evaluating this plant in the full-sun field, where we noted uneven performance, trials staff were interested to see if the plant would perform better in this region when grown under 50% shade.

Abelia grandiflora Wevol Bella Donna in April 2018 before treatments began. Photo: SK Reid. Overall, we feel this cultivar of Abelia never reached its full potential in our trials, though several individuals did reach acceptable overall appearance ratings.

Illicium parviflorum PIIIP-I BananAppeal in April 2018. Plants already showing incompatibility with our soil or climate conditions. Photo: SK Reid. Trials staff were excited to learn a new genus and family when we received a request to evaluate this cultivar.

Rosa Harlow Carr at first bloom in April 2016. (Before treatments began; 20% ET0.) Photo: SK Reid. This is a fragrant, pink David Austin shrub rose. Like so many English roses, it attained greater height and width in our region than advertised by the breeder.

Rosa Bordeaux in April 2016 with brilliant red blooms and dark glossy foliage. Photo: SK Reid. This shrub rose was a good performer overall, with no significant differences in growth between treatments.

Rosa Lone Star in April 2016 full of blooms and buds. Photo: SK Reid. Lone Star is a yellow-flowered shrub rose that started its second year strong, but had foliar issues throughout the growing season.

Rosa Drift Coral in April with heavy show of blooms. Photo: SK Reid. One of three Drift roses in the trials this year, Coral, Pink, and Red, this one had perhaps the splashiest floral display but combined with the greatest susceptibility to powdery mildew.

Rosa Drift Red in April 2016 in full bloom. Photo: SK Reid. Red Drift showed good disease resistance and good tolerance of the thrips damage common to all the roses grown in our field, flowering on and off from April to October (Table 11).

Ruellia Mayan Pink typical appearance in Oct. 2016; here on 60% of ET0. Photo: SK Reid.

Ruellia Mayan Purple in May 2016 on 40% ET0, blooming quickly after emergence. Photo: SK Reid.